TheYamatane Museum( sơn chủng mỹ thuật quán,Yamatane Bijutsukan) is amuseuminJapanspecializing in thenihongastyle of Japanesewatercolour painting.It is run by the Yamatane art foundation.
The Yamatane museum was opened in 1966 by the Yamatane art foundation, an organization based on the personal collection of Yamazaki Taneji and the corporate collection of Yamatane securities (nowSMBCFriend Securities). There is a long-term exhibition of lesser works, with periodic displays organized. The foundation organizes moving exhibitions of works in their possession. The museum owns famous nihonga paintings including some with "object of national cultural significance" status. The quality of their collection is very high.
The museum's collection of over 1,800 works is centered on modern and contemporarynihongafrom the Meiji period on. It also includes classic calligraphy, early modern paintings, ukiyo-e, and Western-style paintings. Works that have been designated Important Cultural Properties, six in total, areCourt Ladies Enjoying Wayside Chrysanthemumsby Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650), View of Mt. Kunō, by Tsubaki Chinzan (1801-1854),Tabby Cat,by Takeuchi Seihō (1864-1942),Nude,by Murakami Kagaku (1888-1939),Dancing in the FlamesandCamellia Petals Scatteringby Hayami Gyoshū (1894-1934). They are joined by Important Art Objects such asAutumn Plants and Quailsby Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1828). In addition to 120 paintings by Hayami Gyoshū and seventy by Kawai Gyokudō (1873-1957), the Yamatane collection is also known for its 135 works by Okumura Togyū (1889-1990), including the majority of the paintings he showed in the postwar Inten (Japan Art Institute Exhibition), such asMaelstroms at NarutoandCherry Blossoms at Daigo-ji Temple.The collection also numbers works by artists who must be included in any discussion of modernnihonga,includingSakuemon's HouseandDivine Spirit: Mt. Fuji,by Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958),Ancient Pine Tree and White Wisterias,by Shimomura Kanzan (1873-1930), Scene from the Noh Play Kinuta, by Uemura Shōen (1875-1949),Agalloch Pillow,by Kaburaki Kiyokata (1878-1972),Scenes from the Legend of Kiyohime,a set of eight paintings by Kobayashi Kokei (1883-1957),Oda Nobunaga Dancing before His Departure for the Front,by Yasuda Yukihiko (1884-1978),Yoshida Shōin in Rendai-ji Temple near Shimoda,by Maeda Seison (1885-1977),Maelstroms at Naruto,by Kawabata Ryūshi (1885-1966), andEnd of the Year,by Higashiyama Kaii (1908-1999).
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